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Still Life: Corner of a Table

A work made of oil on canvas.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of oil on canvas.

Date:

1873

Artist:

Henri Fantin-Latour (French, 1836–1904)

About this artwork

This canvas, exhibited at the Salon of 1873, relates to Henri Fantin-Latour’s largest and most famous painting of the decade, The Corner of a Table (1872; Musée d’Orsay, Paris), an immense composition that includes detailed portraits of several young Parisian poets and writers. The table around which they are posed displays many of the still-life elements featured in this work. The delicate rhododendron plant reflects the influence of Japanese prints, from its dramatic silhouette against the neutral backdrop of the white tablecloth to its unusual placement in the foreground, emphasizing the scene’s unorthodox cropping.

Status

On View, Gallery 225

Department

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist

Henri Fantin-Latour

Title

Still Life: Corner of a Table

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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1873

Medium

Oil on canvas

Inscriptions

Inscribed upper left: Fantin ‘73

Dimensions

96.4 × 125 cm (37 15/16 × 49 3/16 in.); Framed: 122 × 152.4 × 9.6 cm (48 × 60 × 3 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment

Reference Number

1951.226

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